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sound and art resource for irr. app. (ext.) and related projectsMon, 02 Mar 2015 07:43:21 +0000enhourly1http://wordpress.com/http://1.gravatar.com/blavatar/1450ea33a49d76e54dfd174a5ff6d7aa?s=96&d=http%3A%2F%2Fs2.wp.com%2Fi%2Fbuttonw-com.pngThe eie Consumer Emporiumhttp://irrappext.com
Jennies, ‘Chenies, Senses and Incidences now added to the shophttp://irrappext.com/2015/03/01/jennies-chenies-senses-and-incidences-now-added-to-the-shop/
http://irrappext.com/2015/03/01/jennies-chenies-senses-and-incidences-now-added-to-the-shop/#commentsSun, 01 Mar 2015 12:01:30 +0000http://irrappext.com/?p=2338]]>As per occasional request, CDR versions of the 4 most recent download albums have now been added to the shop. Each is limited to the usual 200 copies, and are packaged in the cottage-made style of the previous CDR releases (with perhaps an extra dash or two of cottage-sauce in a few of them). These are: ‘The Jennies Made Me Do It {1}‘, ‘CTIoU&PREITMoGDoVC‘, ‘Perekluchenie‘ [expanded edition], and ‘Resurrection Of The Senses‘ [expanded edition]. Full details can be found on the individual item pages. Buttons for several combined postage options are available on each page — including a discounted option for the full set of 4.

Apologies for taking so long to get these listed: I had some tricky cottage-printer-related problems to sort out which caused considerable delay, as well as some other cottage-oriented issues that were persistant and irritatingly cottagey.

A new irr. app. (ext.) album, ‘I Made This For Someone Else, But They Didn’t Want It So I’m Giving It To You‘, has been added to the shop! The quaint title is derived from the fact that a lot of the source material was submitted to different projects & collaborations, but not deemed useful enough by the various recipients. Being an unflaggingly optimistic sort of person, I took the lemons life gave me and turned them into lemon meringue pie: 84% of the world’s population is in perfect agreement that this is the best album made in the last 51 years (after Julie London’s ‘Latin In A Satin Mood’ was released in 1963). Be sure to buy two copies so you can listen to both of them at once and really know you’ve lived.

This disc is another fully-printed, cottage-made CDR in the same style as ‘Tuberpendicular’ and ‘Orgonosis 4′. You can have a butcher’s at the particulars and bag yourself a copy here.

I’ll be away in Poland for a NWW show between the 15th and the 20th, and as I have no mobile devices I will most likely be unable to check my e-mail during that time. I’m not going to close the shop since I’ll be gone for less than week (and those days overlap a weekend as well), but please keep in mind that I won’t be able to process orders until the 21st.

If you’re in travel reach of Krakow, come see the show and say hello. The Unsound festival website is here: www.unsound.pl.

The original plan was to release some of these in a physical format, but I’m sure most of you are aware this is becoming more and more difficult to manage. Physical sales have been on a steady decline for years, and the enormous increase in postage rates (particularly international rates, which used to account for the majority of my orders) has dealt an extremely abrupt and serious blow to an already dubious situation. I am aware that downloads are not an entirely satisfying option for most of you: my feelings are the same. They do, however, provide a very tidy ‘Gordian Knot’-style solution to the postage issue. Also, people are more and more frequently asking me whether back catalogue items will be made available as downloads, so it seems things are inevitably shifting in that direction anyways. I am going to continue to try to come up with sustainable strategies to make physical-format releases available. Several of you have been extremely supportive of my work regardless of the format, and to those individuals I give my continued sincere thanks.

‘Perekluchenie‘ and ‘Resurrection Of The Senses‘ were originally released together in 2004 — ROTS included as a bonus disc with the subscription-only ‘art’ edition of Perekluchenie. Both albums have been thoroughly scrubbed and remastered, and ‘Wretched Density’ from Perekluchenie and all tracks on ROTS have been remixed from the original sources to allow more precise correction of flaws in the original audio.

Augmenting the original tracklist of Perekluchenie is ‘Hypothetical Tardigrade Resurrection, part 1′, united with its fellow Hypothetical Tardigardes for the first time, and the Wretched Density remix ‘Dented Switchery’. Both of these were formerly released on split 7 inch records in 2004 and 2008, respectively. Both have been revised and remastered so that they are closer to what was intended.

For ROTS, a new 13-minute track (‘Lassa Valde’) has been created using extracts from the lurching, guitar-based ‘Festina Lente’. Festina Lente itself was the focus of a considerable amount of work: I was determined this time to create the best possible mix, as I always felt the original version (the best I could do at the time) was significantly lacking in certain respects.

Both albums include all original graphics and texts. To Perekluchenie has been added the artwork I submitted to both split 7″ records, plus 7 of the hand-drawn ink-on-foil tardigrades that came with the original Perekluchenie art edition; to ROTS has been added 10 of the hand-drawn inserts I created for surplus copies I had for sale.

For those of you who own the original releases and aren’t interested in having to purchase the remastered versions in their entirety, the bonus tracks are all available as individual downloads.

The final item in this batch is ‘The Jennies Made Me Do It {1}‘, the first collection of tracks from split releases and other projects instigated by my friends in At Jennie Richie. This set collects the irr. side from 3 split cassette projects released in early 2013: ‘The Monsters Are Due On Alder Court’ (featuring the unique guitar stylings of my very own sister) from ‘For You And Telly Savalas'; ‘Foregone And Ungotten’ from ‘Unknown Invertebrate Drama'; and ‘Studio Backflow’ from ‘Backflow Background’.

The next back catalogue items planned for the download shop are ‘Cosmic Superimposition’, ‘Dust Pincher Appliances’, and a combined release of ‘Drone Works 10′, ‘While Unconscious In Compost, I Was Momentarily A Motile Vesicular Cluster’ and an unreleased track created around the same time as those two. They should be available within the next couple months. The slow work of finishing the reconstruction of the second irr. album ‘Foreign Matter, Nor Frequency Carrier’ is almost done, and I’m still looking into ways of releasing it in a physical format.

It’s taken me a couple years to get around to it, but I’ve finally listed some pieces of original artwork in the shop. These can be found in the unimaginatively-named ‘Original Artwork’ section here. I’ve tried to keep prices in a reasonable range for this kind of thing, but, on the other hand, I’ve also been keen to make sure that I charge enough to compensate myself for the work involved; unfortunately, the sickly, grasping fingers of the U.S. Postal Service creep in and kind of spoil things a bit (particularly in regards to international orders). Any questions about any the pieces, the postage, or any other aspect of the transaction are always welcome. Not all of the available pieces have been listed yet, so if there is a particular one you saw in the past and are curious about obtaining, get in touch and I’ll let you know.

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On a different track, frequent irr. collaborator At Jennie Richie has added a wealth of new titles to it’s download shop: some of them brand new creations, and some of them past physical releases that have been out-of-print for a while. Take a look and support the Jennies in their struggle for world conquest. Similarly, some older irr. titles are being prepared for inclusion in the irr. download shop and will be posted soon.

I’ll be heading overseas for a NWW event in a couple days and so the shop will be closed between March 26th and April 16th. I am not likely to have any regular (if any) internet access, so I will probably not be able to respond to any messages — and will definitely not be able to process any orders — until after I get back. I appreciate your patience.

Also: the new irr. + Six Heads collaborative cassette is now available through the Readymades Tapes site here. My own supply was very small and was essentially claimed before I even received any copies, so for anyone interested it’s best to grab one through Readymades while they’re still around.

See you in April!

–msw

]]>http://irrappext.com/2014/03/25/shop-closed-from-march-26th-to-april-16th/feed/0erratainexcelsisSirr(xt.) Heapp.ds cvrCamplicated Manoeuvreshttp://irrappext.com/2014/03/21/1862/
http://irrappext.com/2014/03/21/1862/#commentsSat, 22 Mar 2014 03:58:03 +0000http://irrappext.com/?p=1862]]>A new item has been added to the shop: ‘Let’s Play!‘ the first release by Cameron Michael Nichols-Rage, the precocious offspring of Blue Sabbath Black Cheer members Wm & Leslie Rage. Last year Wm sent a collection of recordings of 20-month old Cameron having a jolly good bash at a drum kit to a variety of his music-making friends, and the results have now been assembled and presented in sparkling high-fidelity on compact disc. A track with irr. app. (ext.) is in the mix, as well as a track with the irr. alter-project 7CV.

]]>http://irrappext.com/2014/03/21/1862/feed/0erratainexcelsiscmn-rLET'SPLAYcvrMonstrous Outcomeshttp://irrappext.com/2014/02/14/monstrous-outcomes/
http://irrappext.com/2014/02/14/monstrous-outcomes/#commentsFri, 14 Feb 2014 09:33:09 +0000http://irrappext.com/?p=1839]]>Two of the new releases mentioned in the last update are now in stock and listed in the shop: the limited 3″ CDR ‘Neognathæ Portentosus‘ and the irr + Umpio collaboration ‘Observation Affects The Outcome’. Full details can be seen by clicking the links in the titles or cover images. Combined postage packages for both are included at the bottom of each item’s page, as well as a combined package with the Thomas Carnacki / Vulcanus 68 ‘Split’ LP. The irr + Six Heads collaborative cassette should be available within a couple of weeks.]]>http://irrappext.com/2014/02/14/monstrous-outcomes/feed/0erratainexcelsisirr + umpio OBSERVATION AFFECTS THE OUTCOME cvrirr - NEOGNATHAE PORTENTOSUS cvrNew Carnacki/Vulcanus 68 split LPhttp://irrappext.com/2014/01/27/new-carnackivulcanus-68-split-lp/
http://irrappext.com/2014/01/27/new-carnackivulcanus-68-split-lp/#commentsMon, 27 Jan 2014 21:32:19 +0000http://irrappext.com/?p=1778]]>Just listed in the shop is a brand new split release between eie favourite Thomas Carnacki and the duo project Vulcanus 68. This enticing example of sonic sorcery comes bundled in a snappy art sleeve featuring imagery by my own self, and is infused into a dazzlingly colourful slab of voluptuous vinyl. Each album includes a code for mp3 download. Get your copy here.

Several new irr. app. (ext.) releases are forthcoming very shortly: ‘Neognathæ Portentosus’, a new 3″ CDR release on the Petit Mal Music label; ‘Observation Affects The Outcome’, a collaborative CD with Finnish underground mainstay Pentti Dassum (released by the Ukraine-based Monochrome label), and an irr./Six Heads collaborative cassette, continuing the series of releases on Readymades Tapes (Quality Since 1893). The 3″ and the Dassum collaboration are both finished and in transit, and so should arrive in the shop within a week or two. The cassette should be ready sometime within the first two weeks of February. Therefore, I am giving the option to those interested in the split LP — particularly overseas customers who have to deal with ridiculous postage rates — to put a hold on a copy of the Carnacki LP so that it can be bundled with some or all of the other impending releases. Simply contact me and give me the details of which items interest you, and I will be in contact with a combined postage total as soon as everything is available. Of course, anyone can buy the item immediately as well. I have a very limited stock of the LP on hand, but I should be able to get a few more when they sell out.

On the subject of bundling, I have added some new buying options to the 3 recently-released irr. CDRs: on each of the three pages there are now added buttons at the bottom that have prices with combined postage for all three releases (since the majority of people have been buying all three). One is for domestic shipping using Media Mail + tracking, and the other is for all non-U.S. destinations using First Class International shipping. I wish this had occurred to me earlier! In the future, whenever groups of items are being released together, I will (at least initially) include these combination buttons to alleviate some of the postal distress (again, particularly for overseas buyers) since this site does not accommodate a shipping calculator.